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original description
(of Tellina lactea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 page(s): 676 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature The name Loripes lacteus has long been in use for the species currently known as Loripes lucinalis. Examination of Linnaeus' type material in London shows that Linnaeus had a different species, which may be a species of Diplodonta. [details]
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